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1
The hard determinist asserts that we are not free but seem to feel that we are because we are unaware of the causes of our motives and desires.
A)True
B)False
2
Scientific research suggesting that human behavior is predictable and that it is part of a chain of causes proves that human actions are caused by prior events.
A)True
B)False
3
Hard determinists are not incompatibilists.
A)True
B)False
4
It is possible for an uncaused (random) event on the micro level to affect events on the macro level.
A)True
B)False
5
If some actions are not the result of previous events but are the result of chance, then free actions are possible.
A)True
B)False
6
Incompatibilists believe that both the doctrine of causal determinism and our belief that we sometimes act freely are true.
A)True
B)False
7
According to compatibilism, a person can act freely even if the desires that prompted the action are themselves caused by something beyond the person's control.
A)True
B)False
8
According to traditional compatibilism, for an action to be free it must be uncaused.
A)True
B)False
9
The Taylor's thought experiment about the ingenious physiologist shows that traditional compatibilism is a good theory of free action.
A)True
B)False
10
According the Frankfurt, free actions are caused by first-order desires.
A)True
B)False
11
Libertarianism holds that your actions can be free even if they are caused by desires that are not your own.
A)True
B)False
12
Any adequate account of free action must explain our experience of being free.
A)True
B)False
13
At least sometimes we all assume that we have free will because we all deliberate.
A)True
B)False
14
Libertarians reject the commonsense view that our choices are sometimes up to us.
A)True
B)False
15
When you make a choice based on relevant reasons, those reasons necessitate the choice.
A)True
B)False







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